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Fred Weinberg) – “The Senate can walk and chew gum at the same time.” So said Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy on last weekend’s Fox News Sunday, when asked if it can do an unconstitutional and very unpopular impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump and deal with President Joe Biden’s agenda.
Having spent many years in Las Vegas, I’d make that a long odds bet.
According to Statista, the very current Congressional job approval rating is 25%, up 10 points from last month’s 15%.
In other words, maybe even their own mothers don’t like them.
And then, there’s Wyoming’s (sort of) very own Elizabeth Cheney. She voted to impeach former President Donald Trump and was promptly censured by the Republican Party in her own home state. Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz visited the cowboy state last week and spoke to somewhere close to 1000 Republicans at a rally.